Scenic LA road collapses just 5 miles from where ‘Call of Duty’ creator Vince Zampella died in fiery crash
A stretch of treacherous Los Angeles highway, just minutes from where “Call of Duty” creator Vince Zampella died in a fiery Ferrari crash, has collapsed.
The dramatic cracking of the road on the snow-covered Angeles Crest Highway could be seen in helicopter footage Tuesday from ABC7.
Part of the road near Mt. Waterman ski lifts was shut down in both directions from Cedar Springs to State Route 138 after the collapse. The scale of the damage is unknown per California’s transportation department, Caltrans.
Photos from Caltrans show the road is completely mangled as efforts to clear debris and reopen it remain ongoing, with no timeline in place for when it could reopen.
Footage of the fiery crash that killed Zampella on Dec. 21 surfaced online, catching the terrifying moment his half-a-million-dollar Ferrari zooms out of a tunnel and hits a concrete barrier before bursting into flames.
Onlookers’ cheers quickly turned to panicked screams as they ran toward the red 2026 Ferrari 296 GTS. One passenger was pulled from near the wreckage and dragged to safety, video shows.
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The 55-year-old video game titan became stuck in the car after it crashed and died on the scene, authorities said. The passenger was ejected from the vehicle and died later at a hospital.
Zampella’s influence on gaming spans more than two decades. He first made his mark co-founding Infinity Ward in 2002, the studio that would go on to create “Call of Duty” — a franchise that has become a cultural and commercial powerhouse in the video game industry.
The Angeles Crest Highway — located in the San Gabriel Mountains — is a 66-mile stretch of two-lane road with some sections reaching higher than 7,000 feet.